▲ 819 ▼ A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down (www.techspot.com) submitted 5 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 108 comments fedilink hide all child comments A 10-month Commerce Department probe concluded Meta could view all WhatsApp messages in unencrypted form
[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (3 children) That's not the phones fault, but how WhatsApp works permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] zergtoshi@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago (2 children) How is a phone not compromised if it hosts apps that play into the hands of evil actors? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago it is not, unless the app can exfiltrate data from other apps permalink fedilink source parent [–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago I undersrstand my threat model and how to limit exposure. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zergtoshi@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago (2 children) How is a phone not compromised if it hosts apps that play into the hands of evil actors? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago it is not, unless the app can exfiltrate data from other apps permalink fedilink source parent [–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago I undersrstand my threat model and how to limit exposure. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago it is not, unless the app can exfiltrate data from other apps permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago I undersrstand my threat model and how to limit exposure. permalink fedilink source parent